AMD Radeon R7 260X: specs and benchmarks

Summary
AMD started Radeon R7 260X sales 8 October 2013 at a recommended price of $139 . This is GCN 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4096 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 104 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is 2-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 170 mm. 1 x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 115 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 21.84 percent of a leader's which is AMD Radeon R9 390 X2.
General info
Technical specs
Memory specs
Technologies
Benchmarks
Mining
NVIDIA equivalent
Advices and comments
General info
Of Radeon R7 260X's architecture, market type and release date.
Perfomance to price
43.94
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Code name
Bonaire
Type
Desktop
Design
reference
Release date
8 October 2013
Technical specs
Radeon R7 260X's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R7 260X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Transistor count
2,080 million
of 21100
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
of 12
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon R7 260X's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
170 mm
Width
2-slot
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
Memory specs
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R7 260X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
of 32
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R7 260X.
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
HDMI
+
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R7 260X. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
FreeSync
+
DDMA audio
+
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R7 260X, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
DirectX® 12
Video card benchmarks performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Radeon R7 260X. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
21.84
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
206349.00
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
5767.00
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
9562.00
3DMark Vantage Performance
30614.00
Unigine Heaven 3.0
2906.56
Passmark
3151
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
4380
Mining hashrate
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R7 260X. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
225 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
5.16 Mh/s
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R7 260X performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R7 260X from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our rating.
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